Doing startups is all about making mistakes.

If people are passionate about your product, whether it's because they're hating or loving it, those are both good scenarios.

The two things I use the most are the MacBook Air and my iPhone. Those are my two most-used gadgets that are dented, scratched and smashed.

Understand that you dont have all the answers, you just have to start somewhere and keep an open mind.

Both my wife and I have a lot of compassion for animals in general.

Even though running is physically straining, it's mentally refreshing. Especially when you feel like you've accomplished something.

I started designing book jackets, which was great because I was good at it. And then from there I decided to become a freelance graphic designer and I needed to expand beyond book jackets, so I taught myself web design, and then in 1999 some friends of mine decided to start a company called Xanga.com, which was a very early kind of social network slash blogging community.